Display receptacle



May 10 1927. Y

' 1,628,108 A. BROWN ET AL y DISPLAY RECEPTACLE Filed Jan. 1l. 1924 May l0 1927. 1,628,108

A. BROWN ET AL DI SPLAY RECEPTACLE Filed Jan. l1, 1924 2 Sheets-sheet 2* Patented May 10, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

ALBERT BROWN AND ROBERT G. PECK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS TO THE ARIDOR COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

DISPLAY RECEPTACLE.

Application filed January 11, 1924. Serial No. 685,535.

The present invention aims to provide an improved receptacle particularly adapted, for example, tor use as a display receptacle for hard candies.

For illustration, one desirable form ot display receptacle containing an embodiment of the invention is shown in the annexed drawings, by reference to which the invention will be readily understood.

In said drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of the illustrative receptacle.

Fig. 2 is ar side elevation ot the mouth oi the receptacle with its door or closure in open position.

Fig. 3 is an inner face view of the receptacle closure as viewed on line 3 3 of Fig. 4, showing the mouth of the receptacle in cross section.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal plan section through the mouth ot the receptacle and its closure.

Figs. 5 and 6 represent details of construction of the specific closure shown.

The illustrative embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings is a transparent receptacle for use on a store counter Jfor displaying contents such, for example, as hard candies. The receptacle is shown having a front display end, while the rear end of the receptacle may be opened to permit insertion of a candy scoop for dispensing the candy to customers.

Said receptacle is represented as a jar l of transparent glass, arranged in rec-umbent position7 and formed to provide a display head 2 of extensive surface at the end of the jar opposite its mouth.

By supporting the neck 3 of the jar in a rack or stand 4, the jar if held at an appropriate inclination to cause the candies therein to gravitate toward and remain massed in the space adjacent the display head 2, through which. as well as through the transparent top and sides of the receptacle, the candies are exposed to the view ot customers standing before the counter on which the receptacle is placed.

The mouth ot the receptacle is closed by a door 5, herein represented as a hinged jar cap provided with a compressible gasket 6 of rubber or other suitable material formed and positioned within the door to engage the annular rim of the open end of the jar in a manner to maintain a tight closure. The gasket may be held in place within the cap by an annular flange 7. In this instance the door or jar cap is self-opening by the action ot a spring-hinge 8. It is held closed by the action of the gasket 6 which, in the present instance7 is shown as provided with an annular wall portion 9 and an inwardly cxtending transverse flange l0. The inner tace of the annular wall 9 ot' the gasket is of convex Ytorni in cross section, while the. outer face ot' the wall is of concave form. the latter 'forming in effect a broad annular groove on the outer face of the gasket and, when the gasket is placed within the door or jar cap 5, provides an annular hollow space between the outer face ot the gasket and the inner annular tace of 'the door.

yl`he mouth or rim of the open end ot' the jar is shown as provided with a narrow annular liange or tlattened bead 1l. The gasket (i, in the form shown, will occupyv norn'ially the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, but when the door is closed, the inside lian'ietcr or" the lgasket being somewhat .less than the outside diameter ot the iar rim, the gasket. by reason oi its resiliency,` will be forced or bulged outwardly into the hollow space above referred to7 and by reason ot its tendency to assume its normal position and form, will grip the rim ol thc jar with suilicient force to resist the opening action of the spring-hinge S and provide a substantially air-tight closure between the door and jar. The door-opening action of the spring-hinge 8 will be .further resisted by the gasket passing over and assuming a position in back ot the flange or bead 1l ot the rim, as shown in full lines in Fig. 4.

It will be observed that to open the door it is necessary to disengagc the gasket from the mouth ot the jar, after which the springhinge S will act to swing the door outwardly to its wide-open position, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4.

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play receptacle. The means shown for this purpose comprises a foot 32 extending laterally from the portion Q9 of the spring 28. rllhis foot 32, when the door is closed, cn.- gages the rim of the jar, and the portion 29 is forced outwardly against the action of the spring 28 to the position shown in Figs. 4 and 5. thereby causing the outer end of the relatively inflexible arm 31 to assume a position in the opposite end of the slot 3). as shown in Fig. 5.

The outer end of the arm 31, in changing its position from one end of the slot to the othernis .swung laterally of the spring 28 and relative to the housing 19. thus rocking the bolt 23 and shutter Q6 to bring the perforations of the housing 19 and the shutter into register and establishing communicatie.:l between the hygroscopic pad chamber and the interior of the display receptacle.

To provide for the free action of the shutter-operating parts, the flange l() of the gasket and the plate 20 may be cut away as indicated at 33 and 34 respectively in Figs. 2 and 3.

From th-e foregoing description, it will be observed that the chamber containing the hygroscopic pad is automatically closed when the receptacle door is opened, and is reopened to communication with the interior of the receptacle when the door is sluit. Thus, while the receptacle is open for dispensing candy, the hygroscopic pad is protected from absorption of atmospheric moisture, retaining its `strength and efficiency to restore effective dehydrating conditions in the receptacle after it is closed. In other words, the action of the hygroscopic medium is exerted only upon the volume of air admitted to the receptacle itself. This promotes rapid and thorough dehydration. tne action of the hygroscopic pad being unimpeded by surplus moisture absorption. Furthermore, by protecting the hygroscopic pad from moisture absorption other than that in the air admitted to the receptacle. the pad may be used for a prolonged period without becoming suiciently wet to require replacement by a dry pad.

The construction described provides a practicable, convenient and attractive receptaele appropriate for a bright display of colored hard candies, for instance. and which may be opened from time to time for dispensing the candy while still effectively niaintaining the efficiency of the receptacle to preserve the candies in dry and lustrous condition as is necessary for an attractivey display. i'

Obviously the present invention is not\ limited to the particular embodiment thereof herein shown and described, since details of construction, form and arrangement may be modified. Moreover it is not indispensable that all the features of the invention be usedY conjointly, since they may be advantageously used in various different combinations and sub-combinations.

Having described our invention, We claim:

1. A display receptacle comprising, in combination, a transparent container for displaying an enclosed mass of hard candies; a door for opening and closing the receptacle; a hygroscopic medium protected from the atmosphere while the receptacle is open and communicating` with the interior of the receptacle when closed, for conditioning the interior of the receptacle to keep the candies dry and glistening for effective display; and means including a device actuated by engagement with the receptacle for placing said medium in communication with the interior of the receptacle when the same is closed.

2. A candy display receptacle comprising, in combination, an elongated substantially horizontal container having a display end; a closure therefor at the opposite end; hygroscopic material mounted proximate said closure; means protecting said material from exposure to the atmosphere when said closure is open; and means actuated by engagement with the mouth of the container to move said protecting means so as to expose said material to communication with the interior of the receptacle when the closure is shut.

3. A display receptacle comprising. in combination, a recumbent transparent jar having a display end; a band aixed to the jar; a collar removably connected to said band and having a rest by which the jar is snpported at an inclination; a door provided with a hygroscopic medium hinged to said collar; means for excluding said medium from the atmosphere when the door is open; and means actuated by engagement with the rim of the ar to operate said first mentioned means to expose said medium to communication With the interior of the receptacle when the door is closed.

4. A display receptacle comprising, in combination, a recumbent transparent jar having a display end; a band removably affixed to the neck of the and having resilient means associated therewith; a collar provided with a rest for supporting the ar at an inclination and having means cooperable with said resilient n'ieans to connect removably the collar to said band: a door provided with a hygroscopic medium hinged to said collar; and self-contained means for housing said medium and automatically covering and uncovering the medium when the door is open and shut respectively.

5. A receptacle comprising, in combination, a container having a closure, said closure having a chamber for a hygroscopic medium open to the circulation of air; a

y shutter associated with said chamber; and

lilil ns operatively connected with Said sllll'- l0. display lweplsxcl (-Omplsngj. ln le? to opmae it to Cluse the Chamber when umlannllom a transparent ('Oulnea'; :l l1? clmmrc iv; removed and actuated by enl'l1Q1'e-,f Vr; a housing' Jim' lnwroscunir wgfmixeu; with the rim O'I lll@ container an nl nml having; por E; 15ml, lwwll mi when 'L l5 in me clot;

o operate sala slum' (mmh annular inwardly bulging gasket surrounding said self-contained means and adapted to embrace compressibly the neck of the rccep'tacle.

17. A receptacle closure having a hygroscopic medium protected from atmospheric exposure and self-contained means operated by application of the closure to a receptacle to effect exposure of said medium to the interior of the receptacle.

1S. A receptacle closure having a hygroscopic medium, means shutting off said medium from the air when the closure is not on the mouth oi its receptacle, and

means engageable with such receptacle when the closure is applied thereon to operate said shutting 0H means to expose said medium in the receptacle.

19. A receptacle closure having a hygroseopic medium and equipped With a means movable to and from position to shut oil said medium from the air and a means engageable with the receptacle controlling the action of said shut-oilA means.

ln testimonyY whereof, We have signed our names to this specification.

ALBERT BROWN. ROBERT G. PECK. 

